if you are into black hat marketing and download/test/use software, you will be pissed when it's not compatible with a mac..or you have to wait for a compatible version to be released
i have a mac and it's collecting dust.

Honestly I love HP's. Bought a $700 one that lasted 10 years when I was only 10 years old. I am now on my second and I love it. I know they last and I have never, I REPEAT NEVER, had a hardware or software issue. I just needed a better one for gaming/school. I also learned all about them when I used to do affiliate work for HP.

It was $1200 and I had a coupon that knocked it down to $800 with free shipping. You can customize them completely.

I also know if you use a site called Ebates they can provide you with coupons and I think 5% cash back this week which is better than my lousy 2% from CJ lol so I usually turn to them for HP stuff now.

Honestly I love HP's. Bought a $700 one that lasted 10 years when I was only 10 years old. I am now on my second and I love it. I know they last and I have never, I REPEAT NEVER, had a hardware or software issue. I just needed a better one for gaming/school. I also learned all about them when I used to do affiliate work for HP.

It was $1200 and I had a coupon that knocked it down to $800 with free shipping. You can customize them completely.

I also know if you use a site called Ebates they can provide you with coupons and I think 5% cash back this week which is better than my lousy 2% from CJ lol so I usually turn to them for HP stuff now.

Let me know if you have any questions

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I was thinking about HP before : )
I'm from eastern Europe, so I will seek for good HP dealer in my area.
What's exactly your model?

If you are in the US and are willing to wait a little while for a good deal, then I would check out either fatwallet or slickdeals dot net. You can find amazing deals and end up with a laptop for less than you are looking to spend. As far a specs are concerned, it really comes down to what you are doing, I would recommend sufficient ram no matter what you're going to be doing and a decent processor (think i-core 5, or 7). Dedicated video if you intend to be doing any video editing and like stuff. I personally require that any new laptop I buy has an HDMI output.

Hope this helps

Edit: Just noticed a couple posts above, you said you're in eastern Europe, so that changes the first part of my answer. With regard to windows 7, you can always buy a student edition assuming you're a student for fairly cheap (used to be $30).

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